<em>Ilomantis ginsburgae</em> Genital Structure (IMAGE)

Cleveland Museum of Natural History

<em>Ilomantis ginsburgae</em> Genital Structure

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The female genital structure of Ilomantis ginsburgae was analyzed to describe the leaf-dwelling praying mantis as a new species. Scientists from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History published the first formal study to use female genital structures to delimit a new species of praying mantis in the journal Insect Systematics & Evolution.

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Rick Wherley, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

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